La la la
Published on 27 October 2011
You know how people say “back to reality” when you go back to work?
I disagree.
My REALITY is my life outside work.
Work is PART of my reality… so that my REAL life can move along.
I feel most alive when i’m traveling
or lying on Clem’s chest, listening to him breathe as he reads his book.
Sometimes i wish i could stay in that spot (traveling or on his chest) forever.
But of course that ain’t possible.
If you could stay in one spot forever, what would it be?
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Published on 25 August 2011
Matt caught a 4kg toman fish over the weekend
so we all gathered to feast on his catch!
Cammy pretending to help
Olivier and Tomas
Cams + Kenny
Clem, me, Serena and a potato
I didn’t know Cammy was taking pics as i tried to bite Clem’s arm passing me by.
I love chewing on his arm like a puppy. 
Clem won $ yay!
We drank till 12:30am before everyone left together.
It was* a Tues night after all!
Me to Clem: You know, i’m in that state where i feel like drinking somemore and partyinggggg
Clem: Me too. But we should GO HOME.
Sigh.
The tribulations of being an adult where you cannot function 100% the next day if you overdo it.
Published on 31 July 2011
Clem was adamant that we finish buying everything we needed from IKEA.
I was subsequently pressured to wake up early on a rainy Saturday morn
and be there before 11am to beat the weekend crowd.
Clem wanted to be there at 9:30, i said don’t be crazy.
Maybe he wasn’t off the mark, as there were quite a lot of people having breakfast in Ikano when we arrived!
I had oyster mee sua to energize me before tackling Ikea,
and walked past this toy shop selling something i’ve been keeping an eye out for:
Plastic toy animals!
I’ve been wanting to buy some since last year,
when i thought how i wished i had a random toy animal to place somewhere to take pictures of while on holiday!
Managed to buy a packet for RM25 (which i thought was steep for cheap plastic animals -_-)
But i really really wanted them and so readily whipped out my money after bargaining it RM4 cheaper 
Clem was standing on the side giving me a look.
“This is not what we came here for!”
Ugh. We spent 4 hours walking around Ikea, measuring and deciding what to buy.
He didn’t think i need so many shelves (was actually a book shelf) to store all my shoes.
I told him he was wrong and that he hasn’t seen half my shoes yet.
I finally got a full-length mirror so i can see what my outfit looks like before going out.
Before this, i had to occasionally stand on the dining room chair to view myself in the wall mirror 
Ikea only charges 5% of what the piece of furniture costs to assemble it.
Seeing we bought 2x shelves, 1x wardrobe (more hanging space for me :p), and 2x bedside tables
i thought it’d be so much easier and faster to just pay RM65 than assemble everything ourselves.
Note to all girlfriends/wives: Always keep at least 1 piece of furniture for your manly partner to assemble
Hello Ikea man.
So worth it to get them to do everything for you!
They transport to your place, carry everything in,
assemble it all, drill holes into walls for high cupboards to secure them,
and even picked up the pieces after themselves before leaving.
After paying for everything in Ikea, i turned to Clem and said,
“Phew! We made it. We’re still together after Ikea.”
Ikea is fun… but i think it can also be stressful and the easiest place for me to argue with Clem.
I don’t know whether this holds for other couples.
Wait till you go there to furnish a house then you tell me!
Buying some photoframes does not count.
Since we were already in the dreaded mall on a weekend,
we split up to quicky pick up some things we needed.
Clem went to the hardware store.
I went to buy a birthday present.
And some things for myself along the way
This is why i avoid malls!
I can’t resist something as cute and funny as a giant giraffe head necklace!
Was the last one on sale at MNG, rm49
Also spotted this embellished leather bag i couldn’t resist.
Not on sale, rm299.
At home. Part of our living room.
I instagramed that i decorate our house like this because i CAN.
We were planning to go watch Reza and Liyana sing on Sat night,
but Clem got sick so i stayed in with him..
and played with my new toys!
ROARRRR I don’t snack on black meat!
All animals are introduced to Wilson the Ball God
Zirafah mothership
Sunday afternoon we surprised Sarah for her birthday at 21
Ming & Clouds practicing their smize
I wore a polka dot top from baci,
red shorts that comes with blue belt from azorias.com
The shorts are a wicked bright chili red
and so new they’re not even up on the website yet.
Guess you have to just keep on checking the site 
Published on 30 July 2011
The sharp knife slipped,
and sliced something that was definitely not lemony.
I couldn’t even see which finger i’d cut before the blood started spilling merrily out.
So i held a cloth to it,
and took it off for a flash to catch the sight of two cut fingers.
Lipstick blood and canary lemon.
Metallic ketchup and spiky mustard.
I quicky sat down.
The beats of my pulse throbbed at my cut fingertips.
I held an almost clean dish towel to it.
I tried not to think of possible microscopic germs jumping into the cuts.
Thoughts in my head at the time:
(1) Luckily you didn’t cut off a piece of your finger!
Like what you did in college? Jeez.
(2) Damn, how am i going to eat my seafood with both my hands? Something i was looking forward to tonight!
Really..? You’re bleeding and all you can think about it how it’ll affect your food intake? -_-
A laughed gurgled from me sitting alone on the sofa.
Clem handed me a tiny plaster.
Brown. Flat. Boring. Drab.
“I want a cartoon plaster,” i whined.
“Next time,” he said firmly.
“Poor baby… i don’t like it when you hurt yourself.”
“Then we should get a maid. So she can do all the boring cutting and i won’t hurt myself.” 
Published on 27 July 2011
Sorry for the complete LACK of posts
but i really wanted to enjoy my holiday completely…
without having to worry about getting online in the middle of some rural area in Bali!
Clem and i rented a jimmy for 100,000 rupiah/RM35 a day
and drove up north and west of Bali.
He’s never been up north,
and i’ve never ventured west.
I think i’ve finally covered three quarters of Bali,
and this is after going there ten times!
Will cramp all my best pictures to blog this week, PROMISE!
Need to finish blogging about Sri Lanka, which i WANT to do
and last post on Laos.
Looks like i can’t catch up with my travel blogging,
but i won’t be going anywhere for awhile…
cos i start a new job next week!
Eekers!!
After almost two years of freelancing, blogging, and working on Leftblock,
an advertising+media agency offered me a part-time job
which i want to take up and can fit in without giving up blogging (and cooking and yoga).
I mean, really… i can’t just blog forever can i?
I’ve been working alone, and do miss working with a team sometimes.
Maybe now i’ll stop talking with the voices in my head
and randon inanimate objects in the apartment.
Maybe.
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Today is my smallcrazy Yishyene’s birthday!
I think the coaster i bought you below pretty much sums up how i feel about you 
Published on 21 July 2011
Am off to Bali!
Yes, i know it’s like my second home.
I WISH i had a second home there!
But i can settle for the latter of going there 3 times a year.
This time, Clem and i are going to explore the northern and western parts of Bali.
The parts where ppl rarely go to (tho i’ve been to Lovina before).
After this, i will be a TRUE expert of Bali after having been there at least 10 times and traveled into every town there possibly is (including taking a boat to Gili).
Time to pack.
And load videos unto my PlayBook.
Try not to forget anything… HAT!
My big blue hat!
That has to come with me!
OK drunk from Steph’s birthday bye!
